Chris Hogstead Email & Phone Number

Taking Creature FX tools to the next level.

Check out Travis Smith's ArtStation Page for a breakdown of the art!- Supervised creation of a render pipeline for over 300 - 350 variations of characters and props for various NFTs.- Automated various tasks such as naming and caching through python and HDAs in Houdini.- Render pipeline was created in Houdini with Arnold.- Automatically composited Renders.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Houdini tools - CFX Rigs- Shot simulation & finalling

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

Mulan 2020Bloodshot 2020Worked on simplifying and documenting Image Engine’s hair system while working on Bloodshot. This is a system that pipes Houdini simulations and proprietary hair deformation systems into Gaffer. My role turned into one of detective at a point, solving problems and errors in not only how we deform the hair for render, but how we.

London, United Kingdom

Lead a team of up to eight junior to mid-level CFX and tech anim artists. Supervised the following: - Muscle Simulation & Setups - Cloth Simulation & Setups - Hair Simulation & SetupsWitcher (2020)Avengers: Endgame (2019)Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Robin Hood: Origins (2018)Adrift (2018)Commuter (2018)Assassin's Creed (2016)Independence Day Resurgence.

London, United Kingdom

Lead a small team for developing a Creature FX pipeline and quality controlled animation rigs. This included:- Muscle and fat system based on cMuscle jiggle and my own custom curve solution for rigging muscle geometry- Skin simulation, based on nCloth but modified to preserve edge length and maintain volume.- Tech fix setup for sculpting final fixes in shot.

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Ant Man (2015)Gods Of Egypt (2016)- Muscle Rigging- Cloth Simulation- Shot Sculpting- Character FX tool writing- Character FX Pipeline development

London, United Kingdom

Avengers: Age of UltronTarzan

London Area, United Kingdom

Muscle Rigging, face rigging, one off shot rigs, and packaging assets.Monster Truck (2014)Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)Night at the Museum 3 (2014)

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Cloth - simulation, sculpting- In shot skin fixes - shaping muscle, fat, other types of materials.- groom / hair - styling, render optimizing, simulation.& some rigging / scriptingGodzilla (2014)The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)Maleficent (2013)

Worked with Maya & Houdini in various aspects of the pipeline. From skin weighting rigs for production to setting up shots in Houdini I learned from and worked with some great talent in the industry.Horns (2013)

Vancouver, Canada Area

RIPD (2013)Elysium (2013)Battleship (2012)Safe House (2012)Hop (2011)SSX (game cinematic) (2011)The Thing (2011)Immortals (2011)Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)As a rigger at Image Engine I have been tasked with:- Creating and implementing python based auto rigs.- Analyzing scripts and making changes for efficiency and coding standards.- Animation puppets for.

Vancouver, Canada Area

The Story of Luke (2011) - Mental Ray for maya to light a short sequence involving facial animation. - Created a global light rig and fine tuned for each shot. - Met a tight deadline.

Built rigs for small production based on a comic book series. Developed photo-real muscle system based on the manipulation of joints and curves.- Built auto rigging systems to create muscles and base rigs- created facial gui with an override system for realistic/effective face movements.- optimized and simplified rigs because I would not be around for the.

Help students learn the basics of 3D and 2D applications.Give students feedback on their assignments.Elaborate on topics raised in class.

- Worked independently & consistently meet deadlines, reviewed shots with supervisor and applied critique to complete the shot.-Created a shot layout & naming convention for each shot that was passed down the pipeline.

- modeled, rigged, animated, light, tracked and composited 3D butterflies- worked remotely- self managed

Rotoscope Shots of various complexity for production on a feature film.2D to 3D conversion (stereoscopic)

Camrose Alberta, Canada

Houdini Boot Camp, Procedural Fx & Dynamics

Attended the inaugural class of CG Masters Houdini Boot-camp. This class focused on the core aspects of the Houdini interface and.

Diploma, Visual Fx For Film And Television

Activities and Societies: Head of the Networking club for 3 semesters.Received the service award for time spent helping other students.

Business Administration, Marketing